{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s2507c","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2507c.","heading":"Office of Victim Advocacy","text":"\u00a7\u202f2507c.\nOffice of Victim Advocacy\n(a)\nEstablishment of Office of Victims\u202f11\u202fSo in original. Probably should be \u201cVictim\u201d. Advocacy\n(1)\nIn general\nThe President shall establish an Office of Victim Advocacy in Peace Corps headquarters headed by a full-time Victim\u2019s Advocate who shall report directly to the Director. The Office of Victim Advocacy may deploy personnel abroad when necessary to help assist victims.\n(2)\nProhibition\nPeace Corps Medical Officers, Safety and Security Officers, and program staff may not serve as Victim\u2019s Advocates. The Victim\u2019s Advocate referred to in paragraph (1) may not have any other duties in the Peace Corps that are not reasonably connected to victim advocacy.\n(3)\nExemption\nThe Victim\u2019s Advocate and any additional Victim\u2019s Advocates shall be exempt from the limitations specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and paragraph (5) under\nsection 2506(a) of this title\n(b)\nResponsibilities\n(1)\nVictims of sexual assault\nThe Office of Victim Advocacy shall help develop and update the sexual assault risk-reduction and response training described in\nsection 2507a of this title\nsection 2507b of this title\nsection 2507b(c) of this title\n(2)\nOther crimes\nIn addition to assisting victims of sexual assault in accordance with paragraph (1), the Office of Victim Advocacy shall assist volunteers who are victims of crime by making such victims aware of the services available to them and facilitating their access to such services.\n(3)\nPriority\nThe Office of Victim Advocacy shall give priority to cases involving serious crimes, including sexual assault and stalking.\n(c)\nStatus updates\nThe Office of Victim Advocacy shall provide to volunteers who are victims regular updates on the status of their cases if such volunteers have opted to pursue prosecution.\n(d)\nTransition\nThe Office of Victim Advocacy shall assist volunteers who are victims of crime and whose service has terminated in receiving the services specified in\nsection 2507b(c) of this title\n(e)\nPolicymaking\nThe Director of the Peace Corps shall include the head of the Office of Victim Advocacy in agency-wide policymaking processes in the same manner and to the same extent as the directors or associate directors of other offices within the Peace Corps.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s2507c.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2507c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2507c."},{"t":"heading","text":"Office of Victim Advocacy"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2507c/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment of Office of Victims\u202f11\u202fSo in original. 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